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Handcrafted Logo Design
with Oscar
Join Oscar Bastidas in this start to finish branding course as he takes us through a real-life example from his own work.

Taikin is an Asian cuisine restaurant located in Miami, Florida. Oscar’s class will explore the very beginnings of his process, from naming the restaurant to creating a logo, an icon, and graphical elements for the walls, bathroom and more. This is an especially fun class, as Oscar researches and explores the mythical Tanuki character, to bring to life an ex...
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The Complete Branding Guide
with Dan Feldman
Join Dan Feldman, an expert brand designer with over 10+ years of experience, as he takes us through a start-to-finish comprehensive branding project.
Dan will begin by walking us through his own process for scoping a branding project, and how to formulate a timeline and budget if you’re a freelance designer. Next, we’ll dive into the brand strategy, which consists of four exercises: a Brand Matrix, Brand Statement, Brand Pyramid and Brand Attributes. These short exercises will inform ...
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Playful Lettering and Typography
with Samantha Dion Baker
No matter what your natural handwriting style looks like, there are ways to make it fun, beautiful, and unique with this original Nerdabe course. Join designer, illustrator and author Samantha Dion Baker in this stress-free class, where she will walk us through a few simple lessons that celebrate the unexpected, natural, beautifully-imperfect handwriting style we all have.

So grab a pencil and some paper, and spend 45 minutes thoughtfully drawing with your own hand lettering wi...
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Book Cover Design
with Steve Attardo
Join Steve Attardo in this Nerdabe Book Cover Design class, where he’ll walk you through his exclusive process from cover to cover.

This is a process that’s such an important and interesting part of design but rarely talked about. He’ll explain all of the ways to use typography in an unconventional way, the use of color, tricks, and tips for working with illustrators, and the power of photography. Steve breaks down his creative process using real-life experiences, and pulling a...
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Adapting Your Art Style to Client Briefs
with Loe Lee
If you’ve ever been told, “Your style is not the right fit for this project,” you’ve come to the right class.
Join muralist, illustrator, and designer Loe Lee as we learn how to apply our own unique creative style to client briefs to help you land more projects and increase your services and capabilities as an artist.

With Loe’s wealth of personal experience developing a comprehensive scale you can apply to your own work, you’ll come out of this class with a fresh sense ...
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Design & Animate a Social Media Spot
with Pedro
You’ve taken animation classes before. But have you taken an animation class that walks you through the artist’s design process? Join Pedro Piccinini as he creates a short, social media animation for a fictitious client, Missing Mochi. Watch this course to see how Pedro breaks down his entire motion design process from start to finish.

Pedro will start by analyzing the creative brief and coming up with creative concepts based on his ideation process. This section will also prov...